Jar with Lug Handles and Spirals

3650-3300 BCE (Predynastic; Naqada II)

7.3 cm 5.3 cm 7 cm

Citation

This small jar has a large, dark red spiral painted on each side. Smaller spirals are painted near the two lug handles, which would have been used to suspend the jar.

Artifact

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32349
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object
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normalized
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John Khayat, Brooklyn, NY, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1946, by purchase.
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CC0
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en
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0
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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1943

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